You and like 3 other people on ISH are the only people who care at all about this stat.

It's meaningless. Deal with it. How the hell is Kobe scoring less points gonna help the team? "God damn it Kobe, stop scoring 40+ points on ridiculous efficiency!" C'mon, you know how ridiculous that sounds?

You guys are just running out of shit to talk about. It's beyond pathetic at this point.

I'm interested to see what Kobe's teammates shoot when he has 30+ points. I bet that attributes a lot to this bogus stat. The Lakers problem is and has always been defense but at this point they need to try something, anything losing to the Cavs is a fvcking embarrassment.

You retards. Kobe kills the flow early in the game with patches of shooting too much. Other players start to get lazy and uninterested on D, causing the team to have passing problems and stagnant offense. Then late in the game, Kobe starts shooting way too much again, teammates start to watch rather than participate.

So Kobe was efficient tonight? but he took a hell of a lot of shots again, what about the other 9 games where most of them he was inefficient? But of course Kobe fans look for excuses :faceplam

Precisely. Shrewd analysis.

Kobe may be scoring efficiently, but the way he approaches the game kills any rhythm the Lakers could potentially develop as a team.

He needs to strike a balance between playmaking and scoring rather than going on shooting binges after a few consecutive passes he makes results in bricked shots. His teammates are possibly bricking those shots because of a surprise over finally getting to shoot.

The idea that Kobe's scoring is affecting his teammates that much is absurd. These are pro players. That they start watching Kobe or become disenchanted to play defence is beyond the pale. Why is Kobe responsible for others doing the bare minimum?

I don't even like Kobe yet I am being forced to defend him. Correlation =/= causation. This stat is useless.

You retards. Kobe kills the flow early in the game with patches of shooting too much. Other players start to get lazy and uninterested on D, causing the team to have passing problems and stagnant offense. Then late in the game, Kobe starts shooting way too much again, teammates start to watch rather than participate.

So Kobe was efficient tonight? but he took a hell of a lot of shots again, what about the other 9 games where most of them he was inefficient? But of course Kobe fans look for excuses :faceplam

There you have it folks. Kobe Bryant the only player in NBA history that can get blamed for his teammates playing bad defense because he's playing well offensively

The idea that Kobe's scoring is affecting his teammates that much is absurd. These are pro players. That they start watching Kobe or become disenchanted to play defence is beyond the pale. Why is Kobe responsible for others doing the bare minimum?

I don't even like Kobe yet I am being forced to defend him. Correlation =/= causation. This stat is useless.

Pretty much. Winning is an entire team concept and it baffles me that people cannot figure this out, unless one player really stinks it up on the court.

So, I guess this is the first time that Bryant's teammates have been disinterested offensively and defensively.

I'm not saying Bryant's not to blame, but it's not about his scoring. If you want to account the Lakers losing with his play, look at his turnovers and defense. It's the Lakers as a unit, where in lies the problem. That and their missing 3 regular players in their rotation and 2 new coaching systems.